Seniors Targeted in Alleged Arizona Real Estate Investment Fraud
Over a period of approximately 20 years, Kenneth Joseph and Mary Kathryn Plein, dba Tri-Star Realty, solicited investments from at least 98, mostly elderly, investors purportedly for the purposes of purchasing, renovating, leasing, and reselling real estate in the Sun City area. When the real estate market crashed, however, the Pleins ran out of money and had to file for bankruptcy.
Now, nearly 100 investors are out nearly $20 million in what the Arizona Corporation Commission has deemed a fraudulent real estate investment scheme.
According to the Commission, Plein (a licensed real estate agent) and his wife – neither of whom was licensed to sell securities in Arizona – fraudulently sold unregistered investment contracts and deed of trust investments to investors. Allegedly, neither Plein nor his wife disclosed to investors that they "frequently filed multiple deeds of trust on a single piece of real estate, which had the effect of either making the investments under-secured or effectively unsecured."
Many of the investors say they lost everything with the Pleins.
Last March, the Commission ordered the Pleins to pay a $250,000 administrative penalty and $19,851,868 in restitution. The couple admitted to the Commission’s findings for the purposes of the administrative proceeding only.
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